Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicThe Pop Group - Honeymoon on Mars
Albums by The Pop Group are like buses: you wait 35 years for one and then two come along at once. At least that was the size of the gap between their 1980 s... Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
ClubsGlasgow Clubbing Highlights: 2-8 Nov
This week offers up garage and jungle at Flat 0/1, plus Rush Hour alumni Hunee lights up Sub Club and your monthly dose of Supermax arrives on Bonfire Night Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
ClubsEdinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 2-8 Nov
Bonfire Night heats up with Gasoline Dance Machine at Cabaret Voltaire and elsewhere, Radio 1 DJ B. Traits and Spanish veteran Oscar Mulero also pay visits to the capital Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Music
Mums – Land of Giants
Mums restrain themselves for all of about 50 seconds of their debut LP before opener Underneath Rocks’ hushed intro collapses amidst a landslide of mul... Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
MusicBiff-spiration: Biffy Clyro's influences
On the eve of a huge UK stadium tour, Biffy Clyro's Ben Johnston shares some of their surprising influences (hiya Beyoncé) on their most experimental, eclectic album to date – Ellipsis Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Music
Sad13 – Slugger
'I say yes to the dress when I put it on / I say yes if I want you to take it off / If you want to, you’ve gotta get a yes.' God, how good does it feel... Read more »| 02 Nov 2016
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FilmLoving the Alien: Amy Adams on Arrival
Amy Adams can do it all. She can sing, she can dance, and now, in new sci-fi film Arrival, she can talk to aliens. We here from this talented actor when she recently attended the London Film Festival. Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Moscoman
Moscoman takes us on a tour of Tel Aviv's best clubbing locations, and shares ten of the best tracks from his homeland ahead of the release of his Subaru Pes... Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Music
An Education in Scottish Grime
As we catch up with Shogun for this month's cover feature – read our interview with the Paisley MC here – here's a look at four more of the ... Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Music
Under the Influence: XAM Duo
A guide to ambient music, culled from the record collections that informed XAM Duo's debut album Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Comedy
Rob Mulholland: Comedy Spotlight
He won Manchester's famed Beat the Frog competition in 2015, but reckons he could beat a rhino, too Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Music
Epic Sail: An interview with Baltic Fleet
DIY producer Paul Fleming, aka Baltic Fleet, scooped the 2013 GIT Award before disappearing from the public eye – here he tells us about success, Lanca... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Music
Glass Animals / PIXX @ The Art School, 26 October
Last seen in Glasgow earlier this year, and with a string of festival appearances in the meantime, the elfin PIXX’s growing confidence as a performer i... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Music
The Posies @ Night & Day, Manchester, 27 Oct
Time is cruel. For some reason, people who make beautiful music do not get to stay young forever. This does not seem right. What’s more, bad thing... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Music
Nadja – The Stone is Not Hit by the Sun, Nor Carved With a Knife
Three tracks. 80 Minutes. By the time opener The Stone shudders to a halt, and there's still nearly an hour to go, this much is clear: unlocking this remarka... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016